South Bound,
I'm afraid you're a voice of reason in a sea of insanity. For all of the soundbite "u need 2 know" yoofspeek b******s about people coming first, it is always the opposite. New ships, tanks & jets mean more senior officers to command them, the maintenance of the pyramids in the higher echelons and jobs with industry when your time is up. The men at the top are looking towards a "K" more than they are looking down at the havoc they're wreaking. MBEs all round for cutting money, corners and personnel. It's high time we had a proper defence review, which actually focusses on what we need to do rather than want to do / always have done. However, that would require senior hands to put aside single-service ethos and work for the greater good, not just their side of the budget or to keep BWoS / Wastelands in business. DIS demands that we preserve the ability to design and produce futuristic high tech wpns; our boys are being killed & maimed by Vietnam era wpns around the world. Go figure. Could be the start of an interesting thread in itself...